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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

569,891

100.0

enrolled in school

141,200

100.0

Native

530,295

93.1

Nursery school, preschool

9,332

6.6

Born in United States

525,465

92.2

Kindergarten

7,171

5.1

State of residence

329,289

57.8

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

56,360

39.9

Different state

196,176

34.4

High school (grades 9-12)

27,016

19.1

Born outside United States

4,830

0.8

College or graduate school

41,321

29.3

Foreign born

39,596

6.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

26,573

4.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

9,891

1.7

Population 25 years and over

377,734

100.0

Not a citizen

29,705

5.2

Less than 9th grade

21,649

5.7

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

48,152

12.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

93,105

24.6

Total (excluding born at sea)

39,596

100.0

Some college, no degree

81,327

21.5

Europe

5,038

12.7

Associate degree

18,356

4.9

Asia

12,800

32.3

Bachelor's degree

75,948

20.1

Africa

4,199

10.6

Graduate or professional degree

39,197

10.4

Oceania

209

0.5

Latin America

16,256

41.1

Percent high school graduate or higher

81.5

(X)

Northern America

1,094

2.8

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

30.5

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

532,311

100.0

Population 15 years and over

462,958

100.0

English only

480,014

90.2

Never married

148,305

32.0

Language other than English

52,297

9.8

Now married, except separated

213,881

46.2

Speak English less than '"very well"'

25,166

4.7

Separated

10,652

2.3

Spanish

26,174

4.9

Widowed

29,625

6.4

Speak English less than '"very well"'

13,862

2.6

Female

24,610

5.3

Other Indo-European languages

12,889

2.4

Divorced

60,495

13.1

Speak English less than '"very well"'

4,498

0.8

Female

35,552

7.7

Asian and Pacific Island languages

8,218

1.5

Speak English less than '"very well"'

4,664

0.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

569,891

100.0

under 18 years

11,209

100.0

Total ancestries reported

520,862

91.4

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

5,550

49.5

Arab

4,790

0.8

Czech¹

1,428

0.3

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

1,178

0.2

Civilian population 18 years and over

443,088

100.0

Dutch

6,317

1.1

Civilian veterans

50,865

11.5

English

53,590

9.4

French (except Basque)¹

10,599

1.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

1,909

0.3

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

51,011

9.0

Population 5 to 20 years

116,588

100.0

Greek

956

0.2

With a disability

11,111

9.5

Hungarian

1,239

0.2

Population 21 to 64 years

344,139

100.0

Irish¹

51,467

9.0

With a disability

66,134

19.2

Italian

10,698

1.9

Percent employed

60.3

(X)

Lithuanian

412

0.1

No disability

278,005

80.8

Norwegian

2,995

0.5

Percent employed

80.4

(X)

Polish

5,476

1.0

Population 65 years and over

60,848

100.0

Portuguese

574

0.1

With a disability

27,694

45.5

Russian

2,898

0.5

Scotch-Irish

16,699

2.9

Scottish

12,164

2.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

595

0.1

Population 5 years and over

532,311

100.0

Subsaharan African

7,845

1.4

Same house in 1995

242,370

45.5

Swedish

3,127

0.5

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

272,184

51.1

Swiss

1,017

0.2

Same county

154,521

29.0

Ukrainian

666

0.1

Different county

117,663

22.1

United States or American

63,430

11.1

Same state

42,092

7.9

Welsh

3,152

0.6

Different state

75,571

14.2

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

1,295

0.2

Elsewhere in 1995

17,757

3.3

Other ancestries

203,335

35.7

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.